- Sunday, March 09, 2025
High drama ensued at the concluding session of the ruling Communist Party Congress in Beijing on Saturday (21) as former president Hu Jintao was escorted out of the podium under the full glare of the media. Hu, 79, sitting next to president Xi Jinping in the front row with other…
Eminent Indian-American entrepreneur and activist Swadesh Chatterjee, who is known for his immense contribution to strengthening the US-India relationship over the past three decades, has been presented with the highest award by the US state of North Carolina. North Carolina's governor Ray Cooper presented the Order of the Long Leaf…
Fifteen people were killed after a bus collided with a lorry in Rewa district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Friday (21) night while at least 40 were injured. The ill-fated bus, which had about 100 people on board, was headed for Gorakhpur in the neighbouring state…
The percentage of households bursting firecrackers in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) on Diwali could be the highest in five years, as two out of every five families are likely to indulge in the activity, according to a survey. Ten per cent of the respondents said they have already bought firecrackers…
Skipper Rohit Sharma said on Saturday (22) that his India team are relishing the "challenge" of facing arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of the T20 World Cup. The neighbours meet on Sunday (23) at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground and with cricket administrators of the countries bickering behind the…
The world should remain clear that Pakistan must continue to take "credible, verifiable and irreversible" action against terrorism, India said after anti-money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removed the neighbouring country from its "grey list". The Paris-based FATF took Pakistan off a list of countries under increased monitoring, also…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Friday, October 21, 2022: Reliance Jio on Friday posted a 28 per cent growth in its net profit to Rs 4,518 crore (£485.4 million) for the quarter ended September 30, against Rs 3,528 crore (£379 million) in the year-ago period,…
The crash of a weapon system integrated version of an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Army on Friday (21) near Tuting in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh once again brought into sharp focus the growing number of accidents involving military choppers and aircraft. An official statement said…
Pakistan has been taken off from the grey list of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), the global watchdog on terror-financing and money-laundering, four years after the country was put in the infamous categorisation. Significantly, for the first time, the FATF put Myanmar in the "high risk jurisdictions subject to…
India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said he gets goosebumps playing arch-rivals Pakistan, calling it "a different kind of feeling" to any other team. The two sides meet in a blockbuster clash to open their Twenty20 World Cup campaigns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. About 100,000 fans have snapped up…
